One out of five people in their 20s have experience buying virtual currency, according to the Korea Financial Investors Protection Foundation.

About 22.7 percent of those in their 20s said they purchased virtual currencies according to a survey of 2,530 people between aged 25 and 64.

Those in their 30s came in second at 19.3 percent, followed by 12 percent for those in their 40s. Numbers for people in their 60s marked 10.5 percent and those in their 50s stood at 8.2 percent.